Silence Exile and Crumpets

Re reading what I have written above made me think that perhaps the reader might think that I am pushing Christianity This is far from the truth. The idea of knowledge or language and original sin is something I've been thinking about for some time. In Buddhist meditation it is known that one should try and empty the brain first and to do that we might think that it requires a great effort to banish all thoughts and memories from your mind . However when this has been tried it has failed.This idea of great effort comes from the way of thinking in the west. It is impossible to get rid of thought It is only through meditation and sometimes repeating a mantra that it is possible You could say that the Buddhist is trying to get to bliss or paradise or light And I suppose prayer or ritual could be seen the same way as a way of moving from darkness or sin into light and paradise .It is important to remember though that we are talking about a state of mind .Churches often like other institutions objectify sin and put into a moral framework within society and that is different.That is seeing sin in a different way It is seeing sin in the external and not the internal. To commit a sin in the world one must first have sinful thoughts which come mixed up with revenge and desire may it be greed or power or anything else . Sorry if I have been rambling but it is very difficult especially if you are sorting it out for yourself and searching for a way in language to describe the indiscribable